I know how I got RSD
A botched angiogram where they accidently blocked the femoral artery. One week later the leg was feeling mighty bad, and that is when they did surgery to remove the blockage, and hopefully save the leg (which they did).
Been havin pain ever since.
I do agree that people should try and find out how they acquired this insidious disease. Although, when you study how people acquire RSD you find many places where it could be from something as simple as a stubbed toe, or sometimes there is no known cause.
It seems most cases will have some event like surgery being the culprit.